SANParks Wildlife Capture Driver Job 2026: R158,697–R178,507/Year
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Overview
The successful candidate will support wildlife capture, transportation and conservation operations, operating heavy vehicles and specialised equipment.
Requirements
- Grade 12 (Matric)
- A valid Code EC driver’s licence
- A Professional Driving Permit (PrDP) for goods (G) and passengers (P)
- Three to five years of experience in wildlife capture or conservation
- Specific experience assisting with wildlife capture operations
- Knowledge of ethical wildlife capture and transportation practices
- Understanding of animal welfare requirements and industry procedures
- Knowledge of operating light delivery vehicles, heavy motor vehicles and tractors
- Knowledge of securing different types of vehicle loads
- Understanding of the Occupational Health and Safety Act
- Knowledge of the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases (COID) Act
- Experience maintaining heavy equipment
- Experience setting up wildlife capture bomas
- Good English communication skills, both written and verbal
- Practical experience overseeing loading, transportation and offloading procedures
- Ability to identify operational risks and implement suitable safety measures
Responsibilities
- Assist with physical wildlife capture and restraint
- Oversee the loading and transportation of animals
- Load and offload wildlife from transportation crates
- Assist with wildlife weighing and handling
- Support wildlife sales and translocation projects
- Assist with harvesting and research operations
- Monitor animal welfare during transportation
- Report concerns about animals to the relevant supervisors
- Operate light delivery vehicles, heavy motor vehicles, articulated trucks, tractors and vehicles with trailers, truck-mounted and overhead cranes
- Conduct daily and monthly vehicle inspections
- Maintain vehicles, cranes and operational equipment
- Clean and inspect wildlife transportation crates
- Complete vehicle logbooks and inspection reports
- Report equipment damage, malfunctions and safety hazards
- Construct and dismantle wildlife capture bomas
- Set up cage traps, nets and other capture equipment
- Offload and store fodder and stock deliveries
- Transport essential goods and equipment
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